the ride coming to san francisco no delays. it has been like this all morning long the metering lights and not been activated the ride on the san mateo bridge and the two freeways to which it connects both interstate 880 and u.s. highway 101 have all been lightly traveled to this morning. speaking of 101 here is a look at the ride across the golden gate. you will see that is an easy trip south bound or northbound. and the next hour they will be adding the third line on the northbound side. that should not covering problems and the southbound direction. know this morning u.s. consumer confidence is falling this month. driven down by fears of falling off the so-called fiscal cliff. the consumer confidence index fell to 65.1 this month. dow from 71.5 in november. >> this the lowest level since august and the outlook for the next six months as dropped to its lowest level in 2011. >> a man faces fraud and bribery charges in vermont after driving onto the lawn of a home once owned by the co-founder of alcoholics anonymous. >> vermont